Well reading this forum ignited my desire to build up a track/single speed bike for myslef. Bought a bike from Goodwillthe other day, and started tearing it down. My question to you all is, this bike does not have a horizontal drop out nor a vertical. It is a nearly horizontal in the opposite direction, see pic. Will I be able to use something like the straight ENO flip flop hub, or will I have to pony up for the eccentric hub?
I am chomping at the bit to really get going so any advice would help, Thanks.

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Well reading this forum ignited my desire to build up a track/single speed bike for myslef. Bought a bike from Goodwillthe other day, and started tearing it down. My question to you all is, this bike does not have a horizontal drop out nor a vertical. It is a nearly horizontal in the opposite direction, see pic. Will I be able to use something like the straight ENO flip flop hub, or will I have to pony up for the eccentric hub?
I am chomping at the bit to really get going so any advice would help, Thanks.

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No need for an ENO- it is horizontal enough to tension the chain. Good find.

Bought a bike from Goodwillthe other day, and started tearing it down.
Nice Trek! What year is it?
How much did ya pay?

Holy carp! How did you know it was a Trek?

Holy carp! How did you know it was a Trek?
Those 80's Treks have fairly distinctive dropouts.
And I can see the chain-hanging peg.
And I picked one up myself at a church fair, for $10
A little research revealed mine to be a 1983 T600
Here it is pre-conversion.

Nice Trek! What year is it?
How much did ya pay?

My knowledge of 80's bikes is very limited (too young), but it's a Centurion Iron Man it had a 105 group on it with the funky biopace chainrings. And I paid $30, no rust no signitficant damage.

I am currently converting my Ironman to fixed, which I paid $100 at a garage sale 10 years ago, road the pi$$ out of it and now it will see life as a fixie....Those drop-outs will work fine for the conversion, while I wait for the flip-flop to be built mine is an SS, not a problem with loose chain at all. Post pix of yours and I'll do the same upon completion...

My knowledge of 80's bikes is very limited (too young), but it's a Centurion Iron Man it had a 105 group on it with the funky biopace chainrings. And I paid $30, no rust no signitficant damage.
I'm stunned!
Not really, but the resemblence in uncanny!